Video & Transcript Research : 'evaluation'
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FL
Transcript Highlights:
- It also authorized the Department of Health to conduct on-site inspections or evaluation to determine
- statutory provisions and subject the program to termination when failing to allow such inspectors or evaluations
- On lines 306 through 308, it states that a failure to allow an on-site evaluation is a violation.
- It states that a failure to allow an on-site evaluation is a, quote, violation of a legal obligation.
Summary:
The Committee on Health Policy met with a quorum and considered three bills. Senate Bill 526 on nursing education programs, sponsored by Senator Harrell, would tighten oversight of nursing schools by requiring admission criteria, exit exams, remediation plans, annual reporting, on-site inspections, and stronger action against programs with poor NCLEX results or adverse actions in other jurisdictions. After testimony from the sponsor and several committee questions, a late-filed amendment restored a two-year probation period instead of one year, and the bill was reported favorably.
Senate Bill 714, also by Senator Harrell, would create a voluntary non-opioid advance directive allowing patients to document a wish not to receive opioids, including when incapacitated, with the form developed by the Department of Health and potentially included in electronic medical records. The sponsor said it would not prevent treatment discussions and would provide liability protection for providers who lack actual knowledge of the directive in emergencies. The bill drew no opposition in the meeting and was reported favorably.
Senate Bill 170, sponsored by Senator Burton, would add nursing home quality and transparency measures, including consumer satisfaction surveys, patient safety culture surveys, electronic health record requirements, reporting to the Florida Health Information Exchange, a $10,000 fine for failure to submit required financial data, and reporting on Medicaid quality payments. An amendment clarified the fine’s application to both facilities and home offices. Testimony from AARP and the Florida Health Care Association supported the bill, and it was reported favorably after discussion about implementation and costs.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Education Postsecondary Jan 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- HAS THERE BEEN AN EVALUATION TO SEE WHETHER THERE ARE ANY THAT HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED, NONFUNCTIONAL?
- WHO IS EVALUATING THAT AND HOW IS THE DECISION MADE?
- WHAT THE RESULTS OF ANY OF THOSE FINDINGS HAVE BEEN AND THOSE REVIEWS OR EVALUATIONS OR ANY AUDIT FINDINGS
- THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT BUT THIS GIVES THE STATE OF FLORIDA AN INDEPENDENT MODEL TO EVALUATE POTENTIAL
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (01/27/2026)
Environment and Agriculture
Transcript Highlights:
- What I want us to say is that, to make it clear that as DEES is evaluating permit applications, DEES
- They were not cited with an evaluation of the siting criteria.
- They were not cited with an evaluation of the siting criteria.
- They were not cited with an evaluation of the siting criteria.
of <00:51:02.720>of <00:51:03.040>sighting evaluation of the of of sighting evaluation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 01/23/25
State and Local Government
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the are hired the council will evaluate the are hired the council will evaluate - Um, we are, as the federal government makes decisions about this, evaluating them and making sure that
- We recently moved into a new office space, and we’re certainly continuing to evaluate the best way to
- Thank you. evaluate opportunities to really educate evaluate opportunities to really educate the<00:50
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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (03/04/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- changes to the program from one triennium to the next, rather than being able to evaluate the entire
- It may even get the Site Evaluation Committee involved, and I just wonder if we have to address that
- It may even get the Site Evaluation Committee involved, and I just wonder if we have to address that
- It may even get the Site Evaluation Committee involved, and I just wonder if we have to address that
- It may even get the Site Evaluation Committee involved, and I just wonder if we have to address that
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
House Chamber - Tue Apr 14, 2026, 9:00AM HST - Day 44
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . evaluations. evaluations.
- Instead of pay for donor evaluations.
- They hold them to, you know, evaluation. And it's up to the principal.
- They hold them to, you know, evaluation. And it's up to the principal.
- properly evaluate them. properly evaluate them.
MN
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whether rehabilitated, we evaluate whether rehabilitated, we evaluate whether - developing best practices for evaluating developing best practices for evaluating projects,<00:04
- They are simply being tested and<00:49:25.839>
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These <00:54:18.079>are drug recognition evaluators. - These are drug recognition evaluators.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 03/13/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- One of their most important roles is helping schools evaluate their buildings for security.
- This legislation will provide an evaluation of the school's security system with a report back to the
- So the University of Pennsylvania will be conducting an evaluation of, I mean, obviously the numbers
- Uh, but they'll<01:48:42.320>
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HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
ECD Public Hearing - Fri Feb 6, 2026 @ 8:30 AM HST
Economic Development & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- The department is continuing to try to evaluate potential approaches to those issues and we're happy
- <01:11:37.520>
uh continuing to try to evaluate uh continuing to try to evaluate uh potential - Upon receipt of a request for re-evaluation or any new or additional evidence, the certifying entity
- No requestor shall be required to exhaust an administrative remedy for re-evaluation before filing an
- for re-evaluation or any new<01:56:19.760>
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Bills:
HB1838, HB1870, HB2445, HB2540, HB1886, HB1839, HB2269, HB1939, HB2037, HB1635, HB1941, HB1576, HB2568, HB2267, HB2590, HB2266, HB2597, HB2499, HB2500, HB2502, HB2607, HB2137, HB2357, HB1782
Keywords:
HB1838, Hawaii, Act 142, U visa, T visa, U nonimmigrant status, T nonimmigrant status, immigration certification, visa certification, Form I-918 Supplement B, Form I-914 Supplement B, noncitizen victims, crime victim, human trafficking, victim helpfulness, law enforcement certification, prosecutor certification, judicial review, circuit court, confidentiality
Summary:
The committee opened testimony on House Bill 1838, relating to visas. Testifiers from the State Health Planning and Development Agency, the legal clinic, the Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the ACLU, CARES, and immigrant-rights groups strongly supported the bill, saying it would bring Hawaii into compliance with federal law, standardize and speed up certification for U and T visa applicants, and better protect survivors of crime and trafficking. Supporters emphasized that delays in certification can leave eligible survivors waiting years for federal visa access and can undermine public safety by discouraging victims from reporting crimes. The chair announced there were 103 testimonies in support and one in opposition, and the committee then moved on without taking a vote on the bill in the hearing.
The committee next heard House Bill 1870, concerning protected locations and immigration enforcement. Testimony from the Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights, ACLU of Hawaii, educators, students, and community advocates supported limiting immigration enforcement at schools and other essential-service sites, arguing that families should be able to access education, health care, shelters, libraries, and social services without fear. The Department of Education said it had already issued guidance in March 2025 for how staff should respond when law enforcement comes onto campus, and the Public Charter School Commission noted implementation would need to occur at the school level. Testifiers said the bill would create standardized protocols and protect students and families from fear and disruption; the chair reported 142 testimonies in support, one in opposition, and five comments.
The committee then took up House Bill 2445, relating to student safety and law enforcement on campus. The Department of Education again said it had already rolled out statewide guidance and described its process for staff to notify administration, verify law enforcement identification and purpose, and route matters through the complex area superintendent and attorney general, while noting emergencies would be handled differently. A committee member questioned whether the procedures were sufficiently standardized and whether staff were trained for unusual situations. Student and community testifiers supported the bill, saying schools should remain safe havens and that clear procedures are needed if federal immigration enforcement appears on campus. The Department of Law Enforcement testified in opposition to parts of the measure, raising concerns about masking requirements, vehicle markings, officer safety, doxxing, retaliation, costs, and possible supremacy-clause conflicts, and suggested more exemptions and a compromise approach. The chair reported 106 testimonies in support, two comments, and no opposition for the bill before moving on to the next measure.
MN
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- This would say that the department needs to have a rubric that evaluates curriculum that's only based
- to have a rubric that evaluates to have a rubric that evaluates curriculum<00:08:51.360>
that's - It says Minnesota Math Corp must use evidence-based instructional support to evaluate and accelerate
- It says Minnesota Math Corp must use evidence-based instructional support to evaluate and accelerate
- So, in the bill it says Minnesota Math Corp must use evidence-based instructional support to evaluate
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- They evaluate every consumer or small business, and they deploy that capacity.
- They evaluate every consumer or small business, and they deploy that capacity.
- And if you want the fortified designation, then you hire the fortified IBHS evaluator to come and make
- And there's been some concern about the grant programs and how your office is evaluating the criteria
- Because I don't know, is there a committee that evaluates these applications?
MD
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- He also has some of his first-year program evaluators, Ben Ree, Sarah O'Donnell, and Corey Mitchell.
- OPGA the performance evaluation. He also OPGA the performance evaluation.
- law, child custody evaluators law, child custody evaluators qualification<01:19:24.560>
favorable - Therefore, I move the adoption of the favorable committee report with one amendment. evaluator.
- This bill also prohibits the evaluator.
Summary:
The Senate convened with an invocation, journalized the prayer, and recognized Read Across America Day with a special resolution congratulating the Maryland State Education Association on the program’s 28th anniversary. Senators also welcomed several guests and student groups, including Eleanor Roosevelt High School students, Maryland Federation of Republican Women members for Red Scarf Day, medical shadows from Johns Hopkins, a student page prospect, and a group from Matthew Henson Elementary School.
The chamber then took up multiple Finance Committee consent calendars and individual local alcohol-related bills, all of which were reported favorably, adopted without objection, and ordered printed for third reading. Measures included changes to alcohol license fee refunds for uniformed service members, Anne Arundel County license classifications and compensation for liquor board officials, a Baltimore City racetrack license extension, a Cecil County license quota change, and new or expanded licenses for golf courses, sports venues, and barber shop/beauty salon establishments. The Senate also advanced bills on social work licensing, a rural readiness economic development program, a Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission extension, peer-to-peer car sharing insurance rules, telematics-based auto insurance disclosures and appeals, and veteran status notation on public profiles.
Several bills were amended before being advanced, generally with technical or clarifying changes and no recorded opposition. Senate Bill 18 would create a provisional social work license; Senate Bill 351 would regulate insurer use of vehicle telematics data; Senate Bill 395 would revise insurance and liability rules for peer-to-peer car sharing; and Senate Bill 197 would alter comprehensive plan elements in land use law. Senate Bill 439, protecting fire and rescue public safety employees from adverse action based on medical cannabis certification, also moved forward without amendment.
One measure, Senate Bill 69, which would make permanent the nonprofit navigator position in the Department of Commerce, was discussed at length after a member raised concerns about oversight of nonprofit grant funding. On request, the bill was special ordered to the next day for further consideration. All other bills discussed in the transcript were advanced to third reading by unanimous or near-unanimous voice action, with no recorded roll-call votes.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 4/3/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Number one, it's putting forward a pre-application evaluation for large water appropriation... ...on
- Number one, it's putting forward a pre-application evaluation for large water appropriation... retained
- So it is right that we use this moment to evaluate how data centers can operate as good neighbors, both
- So it is right that we use this moment to evaluate how data centers can operate as good neighbors, both
- So it is right that we use this moment to evaluate how data centers can operate as good neighbors, both
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- As an authorizer, our job is to monitor and evaluate the academic, fiscal, and operational performance
- As an authorizer, our job is to monitor and evaluate the academic, fiscal, and operational performance
- The education commissioner, as you heard, conducts ongoing and five-year evaluations of authorizers,
- authorizers ensuring evaluations of authorizers ensuring accountability<00:53:03.839>
Charter - and Charter evaluations authorizers and Charter Schools<00:53:11.559>
can <00:53:11.720>be
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/11/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- It says assessment, evaluation, and diagnosis.
- Evaluation, and diagnosis.
- A physical therapist evaluation is not the same as a medical diagnosis.
- These are best evaluated by a physician.
- These are best evaluated by a physician. These are best evaluated by a physician.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- On page 40, Senate Bill 317 by Senators Orr and Albritton regarding the Commission on the Evaluation
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On <00:26:06.960>page <00:26:07.279>20, the Evaluation of Services - On page 20, the Evaluation of Services.
- of services they are pending evaluation of services they are pending Mr.<00:35:12.880>
President< - evaluation of services. evaluation of services.
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum of 29 members present. The chamber adopted routine motions to excuse absent senators, dispense with reading the prior journal, and allow bills and committee reports to be taken up throughout the day. The Committee on Banking and Insurance reported Senate Bill 269 favorably with a substitute, and the bill was placed on the calendar for the next legislative day. The Senate also welcomed several guest groups in the gallery, including homeschool families, Blount County leaders, and the Alabama Iron and Steel Council.
A series of resolutions were introduced and adopted immediately. Senator Stewart’s Joint Resolution 64 honored Joanne Blackman Bland, recognizing her role as a young freedom fighter on Bloody Sunday and later work in voting rights and economic development. The Senate also adopted Joint Resolution 65 congratulating Maplesville High School on its 2025 Class 1A state football championship and Joint Resolution 66 honoring the long-standing partnership between Quebec and Alabama.
The Senate then took up local legislation and several calendar bills. Senate Bill 319 for Shelby County, House Bill 460 and House Bill 459 for Henry County, and House Bill 467 regarding the city of Tuscumbia were all advanced and passed, with certification motions adopted where required. The Rules Committee reported Senate Resolution 67, setting the special order calendar, which the Senate adopted. The special order calendar included bills on corrections, services evaluation, retirement benefits, the Growing Alabama Act, health, vessels, homestead exemption, the National Guard, the state port, early childhood education, tourism investment, pardons and paroles, and health-related matters.
Under the special order calendar, the Senate passed House Bill 274 on Department of Corrections unmanned aircraft systems, Senate Bill 317 creating the Commission on the Evaluation of Services, House Bill 159 cleaning up retirement provisions for certain circuit clerks, Senate Bill 289 revising the Growing Alabama Act, and House Bill 182 requiring military education to count toward EMS licensure. The chamber also considered House Bill 254 on vessel inspections, with discussion focused on limiting law enforcement stops and boarding of vessels for safety or marine sanitation inspections absent another reason; the transcript cuts off before final disposition of that bill.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation May 20th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We are not diminishing the amount of analysis that will be completed and evaluated by the water board
- We are not diminishing the amount of analysis that will be completed and evaluated by the water board
- And we do have ...and evaluated by the Water Board.
- What we are evaluating, and the results are kind of there, is whether we could finish with this if we
- Little closer to the microphone, may revise, as the legislature evaluates, the may revision proposals
Summary:
The hearing opened with budget framing from the chair and the LAO, who said the May Revision addresses roughly a $14 billion budget problem and that the environment and transportation subcommittee’s proposals account for about $1.9 billion of the solution. The LAO urged members to focus on solutions that do not worsen out-year deficits, to preserve reserves, and to defer major policy changes that are not necessary to pass the budget, including the newly introduced water-related trailer bills. Members also raised concern about a late-dropped Olympic-related trailer bill, which the LAO likewise suggested should be deferred for fuller review.
The first major item was the Delta Conveyance Project and related water quality control plan trailer bills. The administration argued the proposals would streamline permitting, water rights proceedings, judicial review, and land acquisition, and would clarify DWR’s bond authority for the project. DWR said the project is needed to protect water supply reliability against drought, earthquakes, sea level rise, and other climate-related disruptions, and that the tunnel would help move water when conditions are wet and safer for the environment. Committee members from both parties questioned the timing, the use of budget trailer bills for major policy changes, the scope of the CEQA and water-rights changes, the lack of a bond cap, cost growth, and eminent domain protections. The LAO recommended deferring both water trailer bills without prejudice. Public comment was sharply divided, with labor, water agencies, and some business groups supporting the project as climate adaptation and reliability infrastructure, while environmental, tribal, fishing, county, and community groups opposed it as an attempt to bypass public process and weaken protections.
The committee then briefly heard the DMV’s Digital Experience Platform fee trailer bill, which would reinstate a $1 system improvement fee to help fund the vehicle-registration phase of the project. DMV said the fee would raise about $7 million annually and offset roughly $59 million to $60 million of project costs, while the LAO noted it would help but would not solve the Motor Vehicle Account’s broader structural gap. The hearing then moved to California High-Speed Rail, where the new CEO presented an updated plan and said the project remains a major climate and infrastructure investment. He reported a revised Merced-to-Bakersfield cost range of $34.9 billion to $38.5 billion, said the agency is trying to reduce risk through direct procurement of materials, and argued that stable annual funding is needed to avoid higher costs from delays.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 24th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII
Transcript Highlights:
- We evaluated... all of the enhancements that would be necessary across all of the DMV systems.
- Are you evaluating the need for that area?
- I think the evaluation includes not necessarily It would reflect the priorities of the board, but also
- And then when you're evaluating the needs of, you know, the request, are you looking at like concrete
- While Sunset's evaluation highlighted concerns about how the previous executive.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Budget Review Subcommittee on Justice and Judiciary (6-3-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- 2023, the project partners agreed on general lease terms and in May 23, a pre-construction project evaluation
- <00:05:01.680>
Uh <00:05:02.000>we evaluation agreement was executed. - Uh we evaluation agreement was executed.
- Um, you could probably help us understand if there were a crime and a body needs to be further evaluated
- , site evaluation, uh design qualifications,<00:48:17.680>
and <00:48:18.079>conceptual
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0:00:01 Call to Order and Roll Call
0:01:19 NKU Capital Project Update
0:38:57 DJJ High Acuity Services Update
1:03:53 Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The interim Budget Review Subcommittee for Justice and Judiciary received an update on Northern Kentucky University’s capital project to house the Northern Kentucky Medical Examiner’s Office and the Northern Kentucky Crime Lab in the former Highland Heights Civic Center building on NKU’s campus. NKU and Justice Cabinet staff described the project timeline: the building was identified in late 2022, lease terms were agreed to in early 2023, a pre-construction evaluation agreement was executed in May 2023, the General Assembly authorized $21 million in April 2024, and the lease and construction agreement were finalized in spring 2026. The project is now being prepared for bid, with construction expected to start in August and occupancy targeted for January 2028. About $1 million has been spent so far on design and related investigations.
Testimony emphasized that the vacant building was structurally sound but required major upgrades, including HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roof, windows, a generator, specialized mechanical systems, security, and geothermal work to meet the needs of two separate operations sharing one facility. NKU said it is contributing $3.7 million to the project. Committee members asked about the condition of the building, the urgency of the project, and why the process took so long. Justice Cabinet and real properties officials said the medical examiner’s office had been shut down since roughly late 2017 or 2018, that the state had first sought funding in the 2022 budget for staffing, a lease, and equipment, and that it took time to find a suitable leased location because the facility has highly specialized requirements.
Members also asked about operating costs, annual lease costs, and the impact of the office’s absence on families and counties in Northern Kentucky. Officials said the lease cost is based on NKU’s expected maintenance-related expenses, while utilities and staffing are covered through the Office of the State Medical Examiner or Kentucky State Police, with seven medical examiner positions funded in House Bill 500 and two additional KSP positions requested for the crime lab. They explained that, until the new facility opens, bodies from Northern Kentucky are generally transported to Louisville for autopsy, with transportation costs borne by the coroner’s office. No votes were taken, but the committee requested follow-up information, including lease cost numbers and additional details on facility usage and timing.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee May 5th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Understanding that difference in how we're actually evaluating that, I think would be really important
- The scientific evaluation of whether E15 use would result in significant impact on public health or the
- CARB, CEC, and others have initiated the work to evaluate this potential specification change, as well
- So that's absolutely going to be a question we're going to look at as part of evaluating whether there
- That strategy, it's not just a standalone evaluation of the air quality benefits of CARB.
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy held a hearing on the impact of the Iran conflict and global oil supply disruption on California fuel markets. Committee members and administration witnesses from the California Energy Commission and the Division of Petroleum Market Oversight described California’s heavy reliance on imported crude and refined products, the state’s shrinking refining base, current inventory levels, and how global supply tightness is affecting gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel prices. CEC officials said near-term supply looked adequate for roughly the next six weeks, but warned that continued disruption would likely raise prices further and increase competition for imports. DPMO said the conflict is a real supply shock, but also emphasized a separate, longstanding problem of unusually high California retail gasoline prices, especially among major branded stations.
Witnesses and members debated the causes of high prices and the state’s longer-term fuel strategy. Professor Severin Borenstein argued that much of the price gap beyond taxes and environmental costs comes from a “mystery gasoline surcharge” downstream of refineries, while also noting that California’s shrinking number of refineries creates market-power and supply-resilience concerns. Western States Petroleum Association CEO Jody Mueller argued that state policies have weakened California’s refining system and made it more vulnerable to global shocks, urging the state to protect remaining refining capacity and improve infrastructure for imports. United Steelworkers Local 675 Vice President Norman Rogers stressed the need for safe, reliable refinery operations and adequate staffing.
Several members pressed witnesses on whether California should rely more on imports, how to manage inventories and port/storage capacity, and whether the state needs clearer authority and better data collection to coordinate fuel policy. Discussion also covered branded versus unbranded gasoline pricing, the role of California fuel specifications, and whether a floating gas tax or other policy tools could buffer consumers from global price spikes. No formal votes or committee actions were taken during the hearing.